The magical window light that streams into my bathroom inspired me to start this project. Photograph/Manjari Sharma Manjari Sharma invites people to bare their souls in a session of intimate portraiture in the shower. My Assignment Description To create a series of introspective portraits by capturing people in the shower. Duration Ongoing. I started the… Continue reading Shower Confessions
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How to Pan
I saw a picture in which a boy running was sharp, but the background was blurred. It was not out of focus, but had some sort of movement. How does one do that? Ritika Chawla , New Delhi Firing the camera’s on board flash kept the subject sharp while panning horizontally helped create the lines… Continue reading How to Pan
Tip of the Week: Repeat One Subject in One Photograph
One subject repeating itself several times in one frame is achievable through a simple technique called ‘multiple exposure’. Expose one frame several times, so that the main subject is in different positions in your frame. Calculate the total exposure required for a scene, and the number of times you need to expose it to determine… Continue reading Tip of the Week: Repeat One Subject in One Photograph
The best photography books of 2021
Our favorite photo books of 2021. The last year has been an undeniably weird one, but it did produce a lot of excellent photography books. A good photography book never goes out of style and offers an incredibly rewarding way to enjoy pictures. Let’s face it, photographs just look better printed out on paper than… Continue reading The best photography books of 2021
Fun Tricks With Flash
Manipulating the flash’s light with a gel or filter is a key technique, when combining flash with fire or light trails. Photograph/ Raj Lalwani Light Only the Foreground Did you know you can adjust the on-camera flash’s intensity, such that it only illuminates what is immediately in front of the camera? This is a good… Continue reading Fun Tricks With Flash
An Inspiring Beginning
The first underwater colour photograph was made off the Florida Keys in the Gulf of Mexico (1926) by Dr William Longley and National Geographic staff photographer Charles Martin.
PetaPixel’s Bold Camera Predictions for 2022
We’re starting a new tradition here at PetaPixel, where our staff gets together to discuss the things they know, not just think, will transpire over the course of the next calendar year. As bold predictions go, we’re almost certainly going to get a lot of this wrong. Thanks to our constant inundation with technology, imaging,… Continue reading PetaPixel’s Bold Camera Predictions for 2022
After Launch, What Will The James Webb Telescope Photograph First?
NASA is set to launch the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), the successor to the legendary Hubble Space Telescope, on December 25, and what it will be first set to observe was determined from more than 1,000 proposals. Getting the JWST into space has been anything but straightforward. The telescope was originally envisioned to launch… Continue reading After Launch, What Will The James Webb Telescope Photograph First?
Tip of the Week: Distort Your Subject
Some reflective surfaces such as glass buildings, rippled waters, a car’s metallic body, steel vessels or even bubbles can make a subject look funny, deformed or fragmented. If you are working close to your subject, use a macro lens or the camera’s macro mode and switch to Landscape mode (or set an aperture of f/8… Continue reading Tip of the Week: Distort Your Subject
‘Mamba Mentality’ Photos and Film Features 10 Rare Kobe Bryant Shoes
Honoring one of the greatest to ever play the game, this video and photo series features ten rare Kobe Bryant Nike shoes. Rather than rely on computer graphics, we chose to shoot the entire project practically by creating hundreds of individual colored Nike Swoosh plexiglass cutouts. Mamba Mentality is visualized as each shoe conquers the… Continue reading ‘Mamba Mentality’ Photos and Film Features 10 Rare Kobe Bryant Shoes